Buckle.



L. P. EIAISON.

. BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 16, 1910. v 1,001,007, Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

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LEO P. FAISON, OF TURKEY, NORTH CAROLINA.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Application filed December 16, 1910. Serial No. 597,691.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEO P. FAISON, citizen of the United States,residing at Turkey, in the county of Sampson and State of NorthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in buckles, more particularly todevice of this character employed for coupling the short or cross reinsto the main reins-in double harness, and has for one of its objects tosimplify and improve the construction and increase the efiiciency andutility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructeddevice of this character depending wholly upon friction to hold thestraps and dispensing with tongues, pins or the like, and without thenecessity for forming apertures in the straps, or otherwise weakeningthem.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich may be quickly adjusted upon the straps and without injurlng orweakening the straps.

Tit-h these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereafter shown and described and thenspecifically pointed out in the claim; and, in the drawings illustrativeof the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view ofthe improved device, partly in section and applied; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same, with the straps removed and a portion of thebuckle in section; Fig. 3 is an end elevation; Fig. 4 is a view similarto Fig. 3, illustrating a slight modification in the construction.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

The improved device comprises an oblong body or base 10 having endlessloops ll spaced from the ends and accessible from the ends of the body.Extending from opposite sides of the body 10, preferably centrallythereof, are two ribs 12, preferably somewhat knife-edged, asrepresented at 13, and with the knife-edged portions extending beyondthe line of the loops 11, as shown in Fig. 1. The member 10 with itsattached loops 11 and ribs 12 is formed from a single casting,preferably of malleable iron or steel.

The corners of the body 10 are left relatively sharp, while the adjacentcorners of the loops 11 are likewise preferably left relatively sharp,so that an increased resistance is presented to the straps when woventhrough the loops and over the ribs, as illustrated in Fig. l. The mainlead line or rein 14 is led beneath one of the loops 11 over the rib l2and through the loop 11 at the opposite end of the body, while the rearend of the cross rein, represented at 15, is threaded through the loops11 and over the rib 12 at the opposite side, the two parts of the reinspassing through each of the loops, and the main rein 14 passing over oneof the ribs 12, while the cross rein 15 is passed over the other rib 12.By this arrangement the reins are supported in a zig zag position andsufficient friction is imparted thereto to prevent the reins from movingthrough the device when in use, while at the same time the device may bereadily adjusted upon the reins or the reins adjusted through the deviceby simply loosening up the straps, when the strain is removed, as willbe obvious.

Under ordinary circumstances the knifeedged terminals 13 of the ribs 12will be sufficient to impart the requisite friction to the straps, butunder some circumstances it may be found advantageous to provide theportions 13 of the ribs with slight serrations 16 or teeth, as shown inFig. 4, but these teeth need not be large enough to penetrate the strap,but simply t/A increase the friction between the strap and the device,as a very little friction will prevent even a relatively small strapfrom slipping through the device.

In employing the device the space between the ends of the body 10 andthe loops 11 should be just enough to permit the strap to be crowdedthrough, and thus avoid any looseness between the parts, as theefiiciency of the device is thereby materially increased.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensivelymanufactured and applied without structural change in the harness orotherparts.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

As a new article of manufacture a harness buckle comprising a bodyhaving transverse loops at its opposite ends and spaced from the body adistance corresponding substantially to the thickness of the strap to beengaged and with the confronting portions of the body and the looprelatively sharp, and holding ribs intermediate the ends of the body andextending beyond the line of the loops. i 15 In testimony whereof, Iaflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEO P. FAISON. 11. s.]

W'itnesses:

I. O. WRIGHT, HENRY E. FAIsoN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

